Addressing-machine.



. PATENTED Nov. 19, 1907. c. A. BELKNAP. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 30. 1907.

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Patented X-i'ov. 19, 190?.

' Application filed January {30. 1907 Serial. No. 351,797.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. BELKNAP,

a citizen of the United States, residing: at

New York, in the borough of Brooklyn anti State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing- Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines for addressing wrappers fornewspapers and other printed matter, envelops, etc., and for any otherpurposes where printing is accom plished through the medium of stencilcards.

The main objects of the present invention are to provide an addressingmachine of simple. and cheap, yet durable construction, so that anaddressing machine may be placed upon the market at a very lowpriee. Thehigh price of addressing machines as now constructed practicallyprecludes their use by a large number of possible customers.

()neol the important objects of the present invention is to provide aball bearing machine so as to reduce noise and friction to a minimum. 1v

These being some. er the objects in View, my mvention eonsistsoi certainfeatures of construction andcombinations of parts to he hereinafterdescribed and then claimed, with reference to the accompanying drawings,in which a desirable form of my invention is shown, and in which Figure1 is a front elevation partly in sec-4 tion on the line 1 -1, Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a side Fig. 3 is a vertical central section, showing in fulllines the carriage in its extreme rear position,

and n dotted lines the'earriage in its extreme forward position, theconcomitz'int parts being similarly in full and dotted lines. Fig. 4 isa similar vertical central section of the same parts above the ink font,these parts being in an intermediate position. ig'. 5 is a transversesection on' the line 5 5, Fig. 3 the inking roll being in elevation. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line 66,\ Fi 3. Fig. 7 is asectional detail of a per-- tion of the "follower rnechanism. Fig. S isa perspective view of the feed nut therefor.

Referring to the drawings, a suitable supporting bench or table a isshown as supporting-the main frame b oi the addressing Ina-- chine. Themainframe, as appoarslrorn the crosssection l igs. 5 and 6,comprisesthree paris .loweror base portion a and. two

side portions (1 c. As is customary in ma chines of this type, twostencil card boxes or receptacles used at one time. The card supply beis supported on top oi the machine, and is usually in the form of a boxwhich constitutes a drawer adapted to be inserted into a cabinet. Thiscombined card box and drawer is usually inserted into a suitable socketor receiver a. The side portions a, a, of the frame 5 areprevided withopposite parallel guides d which receive the cards d that are suppliedfrom the card supply be); c. The guides are, as shown in Fig. 3, bentfor the purpose of )reventing snrudging of the cards by ink iroin theimpression roll below, before it is desired that the impression roll actto print. The guides extend to the )laten'end ofthe machine, being lowerat their forward ends than at their rear endsi Mounted between the sideportions a a, of the machine frame is a reciprocating carriage e whichrests and slides upon guide rails I respectively provided inadjacentsurfaces witl'i longitudinal grooves e, a, forming race-- waysfor enti irietion balls 2. Ball retaining strips a space the ballstpartand more along with the or rings to a greater or less extent.lfreicrahly suitable stops e are provided to eonlhie the ball retainingstrips to limits of motion. p The addressing machine is operated in anyapprovedmaimer, as by means of afoot actuated lever j, which. by meansof a link f is connected with the carriage. A returning sp'ringf" actson the foot lever to return it after each actuation by the foot. Saidcal riage provided preferably at one side, with a cam portion 9 shown indotted lines in Figs. 3 and s, and this cam portion is adapted to engagewit a rock and bell-crank lever g pivoted to the'frame of the machine,the en roller 9, which is received and engages in an elongated slot h"in the rear end of said frame, which end is acted upon by a suitablespring i tending to elevate the pie-ten" and platenframe from theposition shown in-dottcd c These guide rails and the carriage are linesFig. 3 to that shown in full lines. The roller 9 and the slot hpractically form a in-and-slot connection between the frame and thehell-crank lever 9. Suitable means are preferably provided to enable theplaten if to he removed, such as a bolt 7' and a nut j. The platen is sopositioned on the laten frame as that when it moves to printmg positionit will lie intermediate of and -e, near the forward end of thecarriage.

transverse to the guides d, and so that it will.

be positioned centrally relatively to a card d" which. has moved torioting position.

A card catcher 7c, having a Weighted portion 76, is pivoted to rock withor on a shaft or pivot 7 which mounted on the carriifi e function of thecard catcher is to engage by me'nting the weighted portion of thecardcatchcr by a spring 1: coiled upon the shaft- .or pivot k and fixedat one end to the shaft and at the other end to the shaft bearings. (SeeFig. 6).

A crank Zon the pivot of the card catcher 7c is adapted, as the carriageis moved forward, to engage a cam shoulder 'm on the frame of themachine, the highestpoint of which is extended forwardly a suitabledistance, so that the said crank is engaged by the said cain' s'houlderand is held in a rocked posit-ion against the action of the weightedportion is and the spring is; This construction an d operationdisengages the card catcher from the second card next to the forwardcard just hefore the second card reaches its position, as shown in Fig.3, and the card catcher is held disengaged thereafter and during theprin ting, and until the carriage is returned.

Underneath the card guides d and at the forward end of the carriage ethere is mounted an impression roll'n of suitable printers composition,to provide a soft surface. This impression roll may either be segmental,as

shown 291 it may he a complete roll. If segmental; it rose timed. duringprinting as'that its curved surface will engage throughout its area thestencil portion of the card and press it against the article to beprinted, which has been introduced under the plat-en. An a mu 'y islocated underneath and between t e card guides dior the purpose ofpreventing sniudging or dirtying card frames by the impact oftheimpression roll a, which very apt to occur if the roll be a completeroll instead of theisegmontal roll shown.

erases The shaft of the im' ression rcll n carries a pinion a which is aapted to niesh with the teeth of a longitudinal raclr n underneath oneof the card guides d, so that as the carturned.

Suitable means are'provided for supplying ink to the im ression roll,and preferably coin rise an infont or reservoir 0 suitably fixe to theframe I) of the machine, said font having, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,closed and imperforate,-hut recessed ends, the recesses 0 being open attheir upper ends. Into the upper open ends of the recesses o arereceived preferably solid slide boxes p, having bearings and betweenwhich is located an inking ro lg, having a shaft g turning in saidbearings.

At one end of the inking roll g are arranged a ear wheel q and at theother end pins 1 w rich pins are spaced at equal dis- .tances apart.These pins are successively engaged as the carriage is reciprocated for-Wfildl y several times by a roll actuating pawl 1, having a tail portion1 that is moved by a, spring 1' fixed to the carriage against a stop 1",thereby limiting the movement of the pawl in one direction. So limitedin its movement, the pawl clears the rear portion of the ink font 0 asthe carriage is moved forwardly, and one of the pins 9 on the ink-' ingroll is positively engaged by the forward end of the pawl and the rollturned substantially a quarter revolution. The turning of the inkingroll g also carries the go air wheel"q with it, for the pur ose ofturning an intermediate transfer i'ol s. The transierroll s is mountedby means of its shaft in sliding boxes s, which are ided in slots 5 in.the

the transfer roll to the position shown in ull lines Fig. 3. It will beseen that as the reciprocating carriage is movin forward to springs aare contracted.

it IS obvious that, to prevent the passage of the transfer roll 8 pastthe inkin roll q, the transfer; roll must stop short of t is high-- estpoint of theinkin moves still further. when the transfer roll is broughtto stop against and in contact with the inking ro l, a pinion s" on theshaft of the transfer rollmeshes'witii the gear q of tated from theinking roll and its surface inked. 1

The forward position of the yielding boxes 8 on the carriage c and thetrans or roll, is determined by means of a contact screw s tapped intothe forward end of the carriage. A doctor 2 mounted in the in font andailjusted by a screw spindle t, acts to regiilate the supply of ink tothe inking roller.' it

riage is reciprocated, the impression roll is carriage c, springs a eingprovided to im' 1 10;

its full extent, the transfer ml '8 is brought in contact with theinking roll q, and the in;

roll, as the carriage '11s the inking roll, and said transfer roll isrowill heobserved that when the transfer roll carriage.

is taking its ink from the inking roll, the im-- pression roll it isseparated from and inde- }')L fltl(lli) thereof. there heing' no contactof the transfer and impression rolls until the springs s are permittedto hring the transfer roll against. the impression roll.

At the forward end of the machine a card receiving hex. or hopper it isdisposed, it being sup iortied, from the frame. of the machine so thatits upper part will he so ositioned relatively to the discharge end ofthe card uides d that a cord which has jus heen used or printing will hedischarged into it, upon the next forward reciprocation ol' thoObviously the emd, receiving hoX pr hopper may he attached firmly andperl v manently to the machine and itself serve as the collecting mediumfor the used cords and the cards removedtherefrom through the sideopenings o in quantities coi'i'vr-nientlv grasped by the hand, or thesaid hox or hopper ma serve to receive 'an em tied card supply mx 0.

mproved means are in the present ma chine provided for the purpose ofcausing the cards to be properly deposited in the card receiving hox orhopper c. To accomplish this result the hex or hopper '11: contains amovable hottom constituting a follower,

which is so overnod and controlled durin theoptn'ation ofwthe mochinethat it shifts the distnnceof the upproxinuite thickness of a, cardhefore another card is deposited in the hox. For this purpose it screwor spindle r is supported at its lower. end so its to turn in thehearing of it hanger i supported from the card receiving-nox- Tu. "iocupper end of said spindle i carries a pinion '11" which leverf.

leg :1, the foot of which supports a sleeve :10,

meshes with a larger gen! Wheel if mounted .to.turn on a. portion oi theframe of the meehine. A spring pressed pnwl c" mounted on H. pivoted armo takes against; the teeth of the gear wheel Q to turr the gear, andhence the screw spindle, to accomplish which the arm n is connected h olink e to the foot Said follower it." is supportt-id from a throughwhich the screw spindle n passes.

The foot of said leg :1: supports sections .15 of a follower out, saidsections heing' pivots-ll supporledon a pin ;r ,'and one of themcarrying it pivoted la'fch :1" which is adapted to engage with a latt hpin 1-" on tho'other section, thus holding the two sections of thecivided nu t together and causing the threads therein to mesh properlywith the thread of the screw spindle r. it will appear thht at eachActuation of the platen and carriage of the nmchine, the screw spindlen, arting throng the nut :r", moves the follower downwardly it shortdistance When the card receiving -hox or hopper t! has received its fullquota of used stencil cards, it is time to unlock the sections of thefollower nut .r" so that by one movement by lntnd the follower "u? mayhe moved forwardly and hack to starting posi-- lion.

Easy movement of the carriage and compa rativelv noiseless operationthereof, as well as the proper functioning of the other parts of themachine influenced hy the carriage, is elfectuatedthrough the medium ofthe hall hearings hetwccn the carriage and theguidc rails ol'thenutchine.

it will he seen that during the operation of the machine the cardcatcher Ir removes the lmvermost card from the card supply hox c andeventually carries it to printing position, and u more or less number ofreciprticatiions of the carriage is necessitated before bringing thecord to printing position, depending upon the length of the card guides.The mounting of the cm'd-(mtcher and the impression roll on the carriageresults in hoth of them heing compelled to move forward at the somespeed. When the cnrriagelirst starts to move forward and hefore the. imn'cssion.

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pression roll is rolling over the surface of the stencil card, which forthe moment is used for printing, it has hcen separated from and isremoved from the transfer or intermediate roll s, which, during suchoperation, is heing inked for the renewed inking'of the impression rollafter the same hns hecn hrotight in contact with the transfer roll, suchinking heing ctfeetuated through the medium ofthe pinion and rack, 11/,11 'lheposition of the parts carried by the carriage, just as theprinting of the stencil card isstarting, is shown in Fig. 4, atwhichtime it will he soon that the impression roll 1: is about to leavethe transfer roll s.

The construction and operation shown and described is the preferred one,and I desire it. understood that the invention is not limited to themnstruction shown, as various changes are within the scope and l'it ofthe invention. 7 v

Having thus dcsc hed '.-my invention, what I claim as new is;

1. 111 an addressirlg nmehine,'thc eomhination of a frame provided withguiderails, a carriage guided on said ruils, an imprcssionroll on thecarriage, card-guides, hearing halls hctwecn the carriage a nd therails, cardforwart ing means mounted on the 'arringe, and a atcn againstwhich said roll acts.

.2. In an addressing machine, the combination of it frame provided withguidcsrails, ft cin-riage guided on said rails, an impressionroll on thecarriage, card-guides, vhoming halls hctween the carriage andthe rails,hallretainin'g strips hctwren the opposed surfaces of tlie guide-railsand carriage and havease halls between the carriage and rails, saidcarriage and rails having longitudinal grooves forming raceways for thehalls, card-forwarding means mounted on' the carriage, and a platenagainst which said roll acts.

4. In an addressing machine, the combination of a frame provided withcard-guides, guide-rails, means-adapted to bear on both sides of a cardand for making animprint through it, a carriage guided on said guiderails and actuating said imprint means, cardforwarding means mounted onthe carriage, hearing halls between the carriage and the guide-rails,said carriage and rails having longitudinal grooves forming race-waysfor the .ing on t halls, and ball-retainingstni s between the opposedsurfaces of the gui e-rails and the carriage. 1

5. In an addressing machine, the combination of card-guides constructedto engage op-1 posits portions of the cards and to prevent displacementexcept in the direction of feeding movement of the cards, a carriage, acard catcher pivoted on the carriage, means acting directly on the cardcatcher for throwing it into engagement with the edges or" the cards,and means separate therefrom and acting dire'ctlyon the card catcher forpositively disengaging the catcher from a card.

6. In an addressing machine, the combination of card-guides constructedto engage opposite portions of the cards and to prevent displacementexce it in the direction of feed ing movement of the cards, a carriage,a card catcher movably mountedon thecarriageto engage the edge of acardand adapted to he tilted, and a cam positively engaging and tiltingthe card catcher todisengage it from a card. A I

7. ln an addressing machine, the combina; tion of card-guidesconstructed to engage opposite portions of the cards and to preventdisplacement except in the direction of feeding niovemen't of t e cards,a carriage-a card catcher ivoted on the carriage, aspring actl iecatcher to hold it in engagement with the edge of 'ajoard, and a camtor-positively disengagingthe catcherfrom the edge of the card. v

. 8. In an addressing machine, the combina tion of card-guidesconstructed to engage opposite portions of the cards and to preventdisplacement oxce t in the direction of feedmg movement of t e cards, acarriage, a card catcher pivoted on the carriage to engage the edge of acard, a cranlearm on the card catcher, and a cam engaged by crankarm forpositively disengaging the catcher from a card.

9. In an addressing machine, the comhinw' tion of a carriage, animpression roll mount ed thereon, a platen-actuating cam mounted on thecarriage, and a platen actuated by said cam to move it to printingposition.

10. In an addressing machine, the combination of a carriage, a segmentalimpression roll mounted thereon, a platen-actuating cam mounted on thecarriage, a platen ac tuated by said cam to move it to printing .po

sit-ion, and means actuating the segmental impression roll to cooperate'ith the platen. 11 in an addressing machine, the coinloi nation of acarriage, an impression ro'li mounted thereon, a pinion on the roll,streak with which the pinion meshes, a piston-actuating cam mounted onthe carriage, and a platen actuatedhy said cam .to-moveit toprinting-position.

12. In an addressing machine, the combination of a carriage, animpression roll mounted thereon, card guides, a protecting apron betweenthe card guides and the impression roll, a platen-actuating cam mountedon the carriage, and a platen actuated by said care to move'it toprinting position.

13. In an addressing machine, the comhination of a carriage: animpression roll mounted thereon, an idle transfer roll also mounted onthe carriage, a platen-actuating cam also on the carriage, and a platenaotuated by said cam to. move it to printing crank lever connected withthe platen, said cam engaging said belhcrank lever, and

means for moving the platen. from printing position.

15. In an addressing machinathe combination of card guides a carriage,means on the carriage for feeding the cards an inking .roll,aspring-pressed transfer roll, said carriage during its forward movementbringing said transfer roll in contact with said inking roll andcompressing it's-s ring and an impression roll for printing. t rough thecards.

16. In an addressing machine, the con1bination of card guides acarriage, means ,on

the carriage for feeding the cards an ink ing roll .a s rin essedtransfer rollznc'unteii onthe carriage, an impression roil also on saidcarriage and adapted to contact with said transferroll and a platenagainst which the impression roll act's.

17; in an addressing machine, the combination of a card-receiving hot:or hopper contaming a follower, means comprising a card catcher forfeeding cards into said box, and means actuated from the card-feedingmeans inc during the receding movement of the card catcher from the saidbox for progressively shifting the said follower step by step as thecards are successively deposited into the box. said follmrer-shittingmeans comprising ineshed gears, and a pawl-taking against one of saidgears and being suitably connected with? said card feeding means, theother of said gears being suitably connected with said follower.

18. In an addressing machine, the combination of cardguides, a platen, acard xcatcher for feeding the cards, a laterally during the printing.

. 20. In an addressing machine, the combination of a carriage, animpression-roll mounted thereon, a laten, a crank-lever, a

in-and-slot connection between the crankever and platen, and means foractuating said crank-lever from the carriage toanove theplaten toprinting position.

21. In an addressing machine, the combi nation of card guides, atplaten, .a card catcher for feeding the cards, a laterally movableimpression-rotl oi segmental shape. means for sinniltaneously moving theeard catcher andthe intpression-roll towards the printing position, andmeans for throwing the card catcher out of action during the printing.

22. in an addressing machine, the combination oi card guides. n platen.a cardoatchert'or feeding the cards, a stationary raeli, animpression-roll provided with a pin ion meshing \\it'.h said rat-k, andmeans lot simultaneously and at the same speed moving the card catcherand impression roll towards the printing position.

23. In an addressing machine, the (onlbi nation of a carriage, animpression roll mounted thereon, card guides, at protecting apronbetween the card guides and the impressions-oil, a movable platen, andmeans onthe carriage for actuating said platen.

24. vln an addressing machine, the combination of card-guides, acarriage, a card catcher on the carriage for feeding the cards toprinting position, means operated by said carriage for bearing upon bothsides of a card to make an imprint through it, and means for throwingthe card catcher out otl nretion during the printing.

Signed at New York, t.

Y. this 8th day of January 1907.

CHARLES A. BlCl/KNAP.

\Vitnesses:

HAY [in BLANU,

(too. L. Wnmnoex.

